Conference Programme


Date Time Programme
Tuesday, 26th July 2011
13.00 - 19.00 European Science Foundation/ISCI Workshop
Wednesday, 27th July 2011
09.00 - 12.30 European Science Foundation/ISCI Workshop
09.00 onwards Registration in the Exhibition Centre
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch in the Roger Kirk Centre
14.00 - 15.30

Welcome and opening plenary in PX001

Chair: Asher Ben-Arieh

"Child Well-Being in the Early Years: What Matters?"

Kathleen Kiernan: Professor of Social Policy and Demography, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, UK.

15.30 - 16.00 Tea by World Vision Germany in the Exhibition Centre
16.00 - 18.00 First parallel sessions
18.30 - 19.30

Wine reception by Policy Press

Launch of The well-being of children in the United Kingdom in the Exhibition Centre

Pete Dwyer, Director of Adults, Children and Education, City of York Council

19.30 - 00.00

Dinner in the Roger Kirk Centre

Bar open until midnight

Music by students from the Department of Music at the University of York

Thursday, 28th July 2011
07.30 - 08.45 Breakfast in the Roger Kirk Centre
07.30 ISCI Board (breakfast) meeting in the Roger Kirk Centre
09.00 - 10.30 Second parallel sessions
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break in the Exhibition Centre
11.00 - 13.00 Third parallel sessions
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch in the Roger Kirk Centre
14.00 - 15.30

Plenary in PX001

Chair: Robert George

"How Indicators Helped Save the Lives of 3 Million Children a Year?"

Peter Adamson: Senior Adviser to the Executive Director of UNICEF, 1980-1996. Editor of the UNICEF Report Card series including The State of the World's Children (1980-96), The Progress of Nations (1990-96), and The Innocenti Report Card series (2000 - 2011).

15.30 - 16.00 Tea break in the Exhibition Centre
16.00 - 18.00 Fourth parallel sessions
19.00 Coaches depart James College
19.15 - 23.00

Conference reception and dinner at the National Railway Museum

19.15 – Drinks served under Percy Main Bridge

19.30 – Speech by the Lord Mayor at Percy Main Bridge

19.55 – Call to dinner in Station Hall

20.00 – Guests seated and dinner served

22.30 – Event finishes and coaches depart
Friday, 29th July 2011
07.30 - 08.45 Breakfast in the Roger Kirk Centre
  07.30 (Breakfast) Editorial Board Meeting Journal of Child Indicators in the Roger Kirk Centre
09.00 - 10.30 Fifth parallel sessions
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break in the Exhibition Centre
11.00 - 13.00 Sixth parallel sessions
13.00 - 14.00

Lunch in the Roger Kirk Centre

14.00 - 15.30 Seventh parallel sessions
15.30 - 16.00 Tea break in the Exhibition Centre
16.00 - 17.30

Closing plenary in PX001

ISCI General Meeting and Awards Ceremony



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